Park City, UT Freeskier Mikayla Willis in ICU After Crash During Freeride World Qualifier Mikayla Willis took a terrible crash at the Freeride World Qualifier in Big Sky, Montana on Wednesday and was taken by ambulance and two Life Flight helicopters to an ICU in Billings, Montana, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Eric Praetorius, her ski coach,  told KPCW that “she has very severe injuries.” According to a GoFundMe post, the 17-year-old freeskier’s injuries include […] Crash SnowBrains | March 29, 2022 1 Comment
‘About a Dozen’ Uncontrolled Falls Reported in Tuckerman Ravine, NH Last Weekend—700-Foot Fall Over Large Cliff Caught on Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter) On March 26, the Mt. Washington Avalanche Center team witnessed about a dozen long, uncontrolled falls in Tuckerman Ravine, New Hampshire. Multiple resulted in injuries. One person tumbled roughly 700-feet over a large cliff. The MWAC reports that the falling skier in the video […] Crash SnowBrains | March 28, 2022 3 Comments
Why This Ski Season Has Seen More Fatal In-Bounds Crashes This season has been off to a rocky start in many ways. Many resorts have been dealing with the lack of snow across the nation, as well as an increase in fatal crashes. Ski resorts all across the country have been in a drought. This winter has been exceptionally dry of late, and on top of it, areas have seen […] Crash Aunika Skogen | February 15, 2022 14 Comments
Mont Blanc Plane Crash Treasure Finally Split with Discoverer In 2013, while ascending Mont Blanc in France, a French climber came across a container amongst a plane crash wreckage filled with an assortment of precious stones. Complying with French law, the finding was handed over to the local authorities. It wasn’t until this year, eight years later, that individual was finally rewarded with half of the gems, valued at […] Crash Jake Vigesaa | December 9, 2021 0 Comments
Pro Freeskier Bobby Brown Shares Update on Recovery After Spine-Breaking Injury View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bobby (@bobbybrown) Colorado native, Olympian, and the first person to ever land a Switch Double Misty 1440, Bobby Brown, was training in a terrain park at Saas-Fee ski resort in Switzerland in September when he over-rotated a switch 900 to his back and fractured his spine. He was flown […] Crash CrashBrains | November 30, 2021 0 Comments
Casey Kelly Making an Instant Impact for Ole Miss Football After Recovering From Ski Injury The University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss, is one of the premier schools in the nation for college football. Led and coached by Lane Kiffin, the Ole Miss Rebels are currently ranked twelfth in the country and have a star-studded roster. Of their many stars, Casey Kelly is a name that is beginning to ring bells after a series of […] Crash Jesse | October 22, 2021 0 Comments
Professional Freeskier Bobby Brown Breaks Spine Training in Saas Fee, Switzerland Terrain Park View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bobby (@bobbybrown) Bobby Brown—professional freeskier, back-to-back X Games champion, and the first person ever to have landed a Switch Double Misty 1440—has had a rough past couple of weeks. The Colorado native was training in a terrain park at Saas Fee ski resort in Switzerland when he over-rotated a […] Crash SnowBrains | October 20, 2021 0 Comments
Red Bull Mountain Biker Carson Storch Breaks Collarbone Jumping From Helicopter View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carson Storch (@carsonstorch) Carson Storch crashed hard earlier this week while jumping out of a helicopter, breaking his collarbone. Related: Heli Mountain Biking for Under $200! Whisper Ridge, UT Offers First of Its Kind in the Continental US The 28-year-old Red Bull athlete says that the rota wash caught […] Biking CycleBrains | July 22, 2021 0 Comments
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